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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 12:47. Posts 988 | | |
I just saw this guy playing on PS, at 100/200 NL. Then my mind triggered.
This is the ID of one of the top International Scrabble players. I know, because I used to play semi-competitively, and I met him at the World Youth Scrabble Championships. He was 18 at the time, which makes him 20 right now, I think. The PS location is indeed where he lives (melbourne), and the screenname he used for Scrabble was exactly the same.
So either:
A) It's him
B) Someone played Scrabble a long time ago, found this name (Must've been #1 from what I recall), and took his ID for some reason.
As I find B really unlikely, I have to believe A for now.
Does anybody know who this guy is?
I also found an update on the Aussie Millions with a dude named David E Eldar. This is so sick if it's actually him- anybody know if he's actually a good player or not? I'm kind of ignorant towards the high stakes that seem a tier below full out nosebleeds. |
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Ket   United Kingdom. Jan 22 2009 12:53. Posts 8665 | | |
hes a good player with solid work ethic who grinds tons. he hasnt been playing poker for long, like a year iirc and made his way to the top stakes on stars really quickly and grinds long hours and plays a lot. probably puts in the most hands at 25/50 nowadays out of all the regs |
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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 12:55. Posts 988 | | |
A year would definitely fit that timeline. He was going into his undergrad when I met him, I wonder if he's still in school (assuming this is him). Does he have time for class with the hours he plays? |
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FrinkX   United States. Jan 22 2009 12:57. Posts 7561 | | |
he was talking with someone yesterday about scrabble so it's probably him |
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bitch on a pension suck my dong | |
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Steal City   United States. Jan 22 2009 13:04. Posts 2537 | | |
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Intersango.com intersango.com | |
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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 13:17. Posts 988 | | |
Sick. Probably doesn't remember me though. Maybe I should drop him a line and be like "sup" I heard you're rich" |
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NMcNasty   United States. Jan 22 2009 13:22. Posts 2039 | | |
| On January 22 2009 11:53 Ket wrote:
hes a good player with solid work ethic who grinds tons. he hasnt been playing poker for long, like a year iirc and made his way to the top stakes on stars really quickly and grinds long hours and plays a lot. probably puts in the most hands at 25/50 nowadays out of all the regs |
yeah he was a reg in the 5/10 games just a few months ago and now I see him play 100/200. pretty sick level of dedication. |
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Pokemyface   Australia. Jan 22 2009 14:09. Posts 762 | | |
IM HIS FRIEND GUYS SRSLY!
but yeh, thats preety much him, he used to be aus scrabble champ (not sure if he still plays), and he was in the aussie millions. |
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JonnyCosMo   United States. Jan 22 2009 14:27. Posts 7292 | | |
"Hey remember me? I met you at the World Youth Scrabble Championships! I heard your rich. Steak me?" |
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Everyone needs to see that you are king of the castle - PoorUser | |
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C0n5pir4cy   New Zealand. Jan 22 2009 14:31. Posts 1270 | | |
| On January 22 2009 13:27 JonnyCosMo wrote:
"Hey remember me? I met you at the World Youth Scrabble Championships! I heard your rich. Steak me?" |
lollllllllll |
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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 14:32. Posts 988 | | |
Most complacent guy I've ever met tbh, seemed like he was bored of Scrabble when he was there (to be fair he was like 10x better than the next kid there). But he didn't really talk to anybody, even people from his nation.
I'm glad he found poker. He works really hard and probably realized, like me, that Scrabble is shit for pay. If you're gonna work hard, may as well get paid for it. $25k for a world championship once a year? Yeah fuck that. No idea if he still plays, though. All that memory of words and such is probably still encased in his mind- those damn words never go away.
I even have a pamphlet as a souvenir of the tournament.
Favourite word: DAVIDIA (for obvious reasons).
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RICHI8   United States. Jan 22 2009 14:40. Posts 1341 | | |
Steak me like Stake me, or Steak me like Fuck me? |
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Minion   Brasil. Jan 22 2009 15:18. Posts 2112 | | |
he used to play 2/4 a few months ago
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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 16:45. Posts 988 | | |
I just couldn't believe it, as he expressed no interest in poker when I met him. I just wanted to know if someone was randomly using his ID or if it really was him. All the info I know is about David Eldar. I didn't know if he was the one piloting the account |
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SfydjkLm   Belarus. Jan 22 2009 17:06. Posts 3810 | | |
competitive scrabble. I loled |
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Uptown   . Jan 22 2009 17:09. Posts 3557 | | |
| On January 22 2009 15:42 RaSZi wrote:
funny, u make a thread 'who is....?'
and then reply ur own question by busting out all this info nobody knows =] |
haha exactly what I thought.
Very cool to know though |
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Minion   Brasil. Jan 22 2009 17:18. Posts 2112 | | |
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mikeymoo   Canada. Jan 22 2009 17:29. Posts 988 | | |
Yeah that's def him. I'm still a little mindblown. |
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Python817   Canada. Jan 22 2009 17:34. Posts 2733 | | |
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Uptown   . Jan 22 2009 17:41. Posts 3557 | | |
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